Global Temperature  More Figures

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Summary Figures

Monthly (thin lines) and 12-month running mean (thick lines or filled colors in case of Nino 3.4 Index) global land-ocean temperature anomaly, global land and sea surface temperature, and El Nino index. All have a base period 1951-1980.
Figure also available in PDF.
The monthly mean temperature anomalies over land (data)
and over ocean (data) are available. (Data through Octber 2016. last updated 2016/11/15, now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4.
For Nino 3.4 SST see El Nino/La Nina page (last modified 2016/10/04) for data source and more information.
Annual and 5-year mean land surface temperature and SST graph is given in PDF. (2016/01/20)

Recent surface temperature in different temporal resolution.
PDF (Data through October 2016 used. Now with GHCN V3.3.0 and ERSST v4. Last modified: 2016/11/15.)

Recent surface temperature in different temporal resolution.
(Data through October 2016 used. Now with GHCN V3.3.0 and ERSST v4. Last modified: 2016/11/22.)

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Monthly Analysis

Comparison of this year's temperature to the two warmest years in record. For other warm years, see the annual or seasonal maps below.
Figure also available in PDF.
(Updated on 2016/11/15, now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

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Global-mean monthly-mean surface temperature anomalies with the base period 1951-1980. V denotes the major volcanic eruptions, and m and M denote the years of the minima and maxima of sunspot number cycles, respectively. See a NOAA/NGDC page.
(Updated on 2016/11/15
, now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4.)

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Changes in Seasonal Resolution

Seasonal mean surface temperature anomaly for 2009-2012.
(Updated on 2016/09/13, now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

Seasonal mean surface temperature anomaly for 2013-2016.
(Updated on 2016/11/15, now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

The warmest seasonal mean surface temperature on record. All four warmest seasons occured in 2015-2016.
(Updated on 2016/09/12, now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

Surface temperature changes for 1900-2016, 1950-2016 and 2000-2016 based on linear trends for four seasons separately.
(Updated on 2016/09/13, now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

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Annual Analysis

(Updated on 2016/01/20)

Annual mean surface temperature anomaly since 1996. Of 136 years with observations the top 10 warmest years all fall between 1998 and 2015.
Now with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4
(Updated on 2016/11/15)

Annual mean surface temperature changes based on linear trends.
(Updated on 2016/01/20 for GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

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Decadal Anomalies

Figure also available in PDF.
(Updated on 2016/01/20, with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

Data source: NOAA National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.
(Data through November 2016, last updated on 2016/12/08)

Surface Temperature Anomaly (C) at Extreme AO Index

Figure also available in PDF. The numbers above the maps are AO index, and in [ ] the mean temperatures over the N. Mid-Latitudes (64.2 - 23.6°N) and Arctic (90.0 - 64.2°N) zones.
(Updated on 2013/03/25, with GHCN version3.2.2 and ERSST v3b)

Greenland Station Locations and Annual Mean Temperature Change

Figure also available in PDF. (Data through 2015.
Updated on 2016/01/20, now with GHCN version 3.3.0)

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Arctic Summer (Jun-Jul-Aug) Temperature Anomalies

North Pole to 45 deg N.
(Updated on 2016/09/15, with GHCN version 3.3.0 and ERSST v4)

Antarctic Summer (Dec-Jan-Feb) Temperature Anomalies

Figure also available in PDF.
(Updated on 2016/03/12, with GHCN version 3.2.2 and ERSST v3b)